The goalkeeper is very important in this system. When the defenders are facing pressure from opponents, he also has to act as a ball-passing and receiving point to reduce the pressure on the defenders to pass the ball.

When his teammates press forward to attack, he should move forward to maintain a reasonable distance between the team's three lines and act as a half-sweeper.

The new goalkeeper Ederson, who was bought in the summer transfer window, is the goalkeeper who best fits this position.

Therefore, in the fourth round of the league, in the focus battle against Liverpool at home, Guardiola gave up the team's meritorious goalkeeper Navas and boldly used newcomer Ederson.

And Ederson's performance did not disappoint the head coach's expectations of him.

In this game, Manchester City played a terrifying dominance, and they beat Liverpool on both offense and defense! In the 23rd minute of the first half, De Bruyne sent a fatal through ball, and Aguero instantly started to rush into the right side of the penalty area and shot the ball into the opponent's goal.

In the 37th minute, Lin Quan dribbled the ball and broke through on the wing. Liverpool's left winger Mane, who was defending him, made a tackle from behind in a hurry and was shown a red card by the referee and was sent off.

Then Lin Quan's free kick sent the ball into the penalty area. Van Dijk overpowered the opponent's defender and got the first point. With a beautiful header, the score was extended to 2:0!

In the injury time of the first half, De Bruyne and Lin Quan played very well together. After De Bruyne caught the gap in the opponent's defense line, he sent a straight pass without hesitation.

After Lin Quan seized the opportunity, his first reaction was to find this gap. During the whole process, he never looked back at his teammate who had the ball. He seemed to firmly believe that as long as he ran into the right position, his teammate's pass would come to his feet.

This is indeed the case. Liverpool's defenders were not prepared for this ball at all. Lin Quan started suddenly, and De Bruyne's pass was even more sudden.

By the time they realized something was wrong and wanted to destroy it, it was too late.

Lin Quan did not waste the opportunity created by De Bruyne and easily scored the goal, extending the score to 3:0. On the sidelines, Liverpool's head coach Klopp could no longer sit still.

The opponent scored three goals in the first half of the game. Although there was the unfavorable factor of the unexpected red card, it is an undeniable fact that the team's defense was completely blown up by the opponent today.

After the start of the second half, Klopp replaced three players at once, trying to strengthen the defense.

But judging from the actual results, it does not seem ideal.

In the 73rd minute, Lin Quan pulled to the side and made a two-pass combination with Sane, who cut into the penalty area and shot from a small angle, changing the score to 4:0!

Five minutes later, on the right side, David Silva and Lin Quan completed a similar cooperation. While Lin Quan dribbled into the penalty area to attract the opponent's attention, he made an inverted triangle pass to the middle. De Bruyne followed up with a volley to expand the score to 5:0!

This is not over yet!

In the 88th minute, Mbappe, who came on as a substitute, took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and performed a solo performance on the wing!

A few seconds later, the whole stadium burst into warm applause and cheers, and amid the cheers of the home fans, Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet frustratingly fished the ball out of the goal frame for the sixth time.

This is outrageous. He has been in Liverpool for three or four years and has never conceded six goals in a single game.

Today's game was like a nightmare for him and the entire Liverpool.

In the end, thanks to goals scored by many players in the team, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 6:0 at home, announcing their strong return with a victory!

The result of this game spread across the entire Internet at a viral speed after the game.

Countless fans couldn't help but doubt their eyes when they saw this exaggerated score:

Could it be that the team name was wrong? Was it really Liverpool? How could Liverpool lose by so much?

However, when they clicked on the corresponding link and watched the goal highlights of the game, they were all stunned.

It's true that Liverpool was slaughtered by Manchester City! This is Liverpool! The top club with the deepest foundation in the Premier League!

Last season, they were able to play back and forth with Manchester City, with both teams winning and losing. Why were they being beaten like this this season?

Is it that Liverpool has regressed, or has Manchester City become stronger again?

The Red Devils fans were extremely happy to see their arch-rivals Liverpool lose.

Especially when Liverpool was beaten 6:0, such a humiliation was enough for them to laugh at Liverpool fans for the rest of their lives.

However, joy turns to sorrow, and the Red Devils fans were only happy for one day.

By the next day, when Manchester United was tied by Stoke City away from home, they could no longer laugh.

Shit! ! What the hell, how can a team like Stoke City end the three-game winning streak of Manchester United? This draw by Manchester United has reversed their good situation in an instant.

Thanks to this big win, Manchester City came from behind and topped the Premier League table by one goal difference, surpassing Manchester United.

Manchester United fans are depressed to death. With three wins and one draw, they have 10 points and a goal difference of 10. This start is definitely not a bad one in the history of Manchester United.

In the end, I was surpassed by my opponents. How can I seek justice?

What makes Manchester United fans even more desperate is that once Manchester City sits at the top of the table, it will be as stable as a rock and will never come down.

In the fifth round of the league, Manchester City once again slaughtered their opponents 6:0 away from home!

Although Manchester United also defeated its younger brother Everton 4:0, it still failed to narrow the gap between the two teams, and even the gap in goal difference between the two teams is still widening.

What is even more despairing is that Manchester City won again in the sixth round, and it was a big win.

They defeated Crystal Palace 5-0 at home and won three consecutive victories! Although Manchester United also won this round, they could only barely keep up with Manchester City in points, but the goal difference between the two teams has widened to 7 goals! In the first 6 rounds, Manchester City scored a total of 23 goals, averaging nearly 4 goals per game, which is simply terrifying! Guardiola's new tactics for Manchester City have achieved very good results.

No matter whether it is an ordinary team in the middle or lower reaches of the league or a giant team ranked at the top of the league, they cannot stop their attack.

Manchester City's attack is as easy as eating and drinking, and everyone can score a goal, making it impossible to defend against!

And Manchester City is not just like this in the league. In the Champions League group stage, they first defeated Feyenoord 4:0, and then defeated Shakhtar Donetsk and Napoli 3:0 in succession.

In the fourth round of the group stage, in the away game against Napoli, Manchester City fell behind by 2 goals at the start, but scored four goals in the next 60 minutes and finally reversed Napoli 4:2. While winning four consecutive games, they secured the top spot in the group 2 rounds in advance.

For a moment, Manchester City's terrifying offensive firepower shocked the entire football world.

Countless coaches of top clubs racked their brains and pondered, trying to find a way to restrain Manchester City's attack.

No one wants to meet this Manchester City team on the field and be slaughtered by them.

After all, wealthy teams still have to save face. They can't bear to lose so badly. Just like Liverpool, which was defeated by Manchester City, Manchester United fans have been teasing them for their good fortunes.

What is different from the past is that when Manchester City was making great strides in the league and the Champions League, other Premier League teams did not fall behind.

Because Manchester United won the Europa League last season, the number of Premier League seats increased to five this season.

If Manchester City had not had such a brilliant performance, then Manchester United would have been proud enough to brag about their performance in Group A.

After the first four rounds of the group stage, Manchester United also won four consecutive games, including a 3:0 victory over Basel and a 4:1 victory over CSKA Moscow. In addition, they defeated Portuguese Super League giants Benfica back-to-back, allowing Manchester United to secure the top spot in the group two rounds in advance.

This time, Mourinho's team finally doesn't have to worry about the tragedy of excessive joy.

Compared to the outstanding performance of the two Manchester City giants, the performance of the defending Premier League champion Chelsea is slightly worse.

But this is also related to the group they are in. Chelsea was very unlucky to be placed in the death group.

There are two strong rivals in the same group, Atletico Madrid and Roma!

There is no need to mention Atletico Madrid. In recent years, they have been a regular in the Champions League knockout stage and even the semi-finals. They have also reached the Champions League final. Their strength should not be underestimated.

Roma is the second place in Serie A. Last season, they competed with Juventus for the championship until the last few rounds before losing unfortunately.

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Facing these two strong opponents, Chelsea performed quite well.

In the first round, they beat Qarabag, who were at the bottom of the group, 6:0. In the second round, they beat Atletico Madrid 2:1 away from home and got three valuable points.

In the third round, they failed to seize the opportunity at home and were reversed by their opponents after leading by 2 goals. In the end, they relied on Hazard's savior to barely draw with Roma.

If we only look at the results in the first three rounds, Chelsea has two wins and one draw, which is pretty good.

But in the fourth round, Chelsea was defeated 3-0 by Roma at home, making their qualifying situation somewhat dangerous.

But just when Chelsea were worried, Atletico Madrid had a big problem.

They were tied by Qarabag in both home and away games.

The opponent even tied Atletico Madrid with players being sent off in both games, which surprised the outside world and made Chelsea's qualifying situation improve suddenly.

Although we may not be able to beat Roma for first place in the group, it should not be a problem for us to qualify as second place in the group.

If Chelsea started high and ended low, then Liverpool started low and ended high.

In the first round, they suffered a reversal by Sevilla. Firmino even missed a penalty kick, and the full-back Gomez received a red card at the last moment, which made the situation worse.

In the second round, Liverpool's condition still seemed to have not improved, and they drew 1:1 with Spartak Moscow away.

Liverpool only got 2 points in the first two rounds, making the qualifying situation very grim.

They seemed to be affected by the crushing defeat to Manchester City, and the morale and state of the team were very low.

Fortunately, under Klopp's adjustments, Liverpool finally woke up.

In the third round, Liverpool beat the Slovenian team Maribor 7-0 away from home, and then defeated their opponent 3-0 at home.

While Liverpool won 6 points, on the other side, Spartak Moscow and Sevilla fought to a draw.

Spartak Moscow defeated Sevilla 5:1 at home, but lost to their opponent 1:2 away.

The result of both sides getting 3 points was a good thing for Liverpool, allowing Liverpool to temporarily top the group with 8 points.

Since Liverpool's remaining two games will be direct competitions against opponents who have qualified from the group, as long as they can win one of these two games, Liverpool will be able to qualify.

Compared to the UEFA Champions League's 'newcomer' Liverpool, Tottenham, which has made it to the Champions League for two consecutive years, has performed quite impressively in the Champions League this season.

Like Chelsea, Tottenham were placed in the group of death.

Their group is even more hopeless, because their opponents include last season's defending champion Real Madrid and Bundesliga second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Even AEK Athletic, which accompanied the prince to study, is far from being as strong as a weak team.

But with the introduction of Son Heung-min in the new season, Tottenham's forward firepower has been qualitatively improved compared to last season.

Facing so many strong opponents, they were not afraid at all. In the first round home game against Dortmund, they defeated their opponent 3:1 and got off to a good start.

Tottenham then won 3-0 against APOEL in an away game, winning two consecutive victories.

In the third round, Tottenham Hotspur, who visited the Bernabeu, fought tenaciously to a 1:1 draw with Real Madrid thanks to an own goal from the opponent.

In the fourth round, Tottenham Hotspur, who returned to their home court, even showed great strength and defeated the defending champion Real Madrid 3:1, which was a big upset.

Suddenly, the attacking combination of Eriksen, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min became famous and renowned across Europe.

Seeing the team's good performance in the new season, Tottenham chairman Levy couldn't stop smiling!

Son Heung-min's signing is really good. It not only enriches Tottenham's offensive means, but also greatly liberates Harry Kane and reduces the pressure on him.

What made him even more satisfied was that he brought in Son Heung-min from Manchester City, not only without spending any money, but also earning several million euros! As expected of me, this deal is really good! After losing to Tottenham, it is said that Real Madrid has already had an idea about Tottenham's main striker Kane, and it seems that they want to bring him to the Bernabeu to play for Real Madrid.

When Levi heard the news, he immediately became excited.

Kane is a player of the team and he cannot be sold. If Real Madrid really wants to buy him, it is not impossible, but they have to pay more!

With the current market conditions, forget it if you don't have 100 million euros. In Levy's opinion, Kane is more valuable than Bale. After all, he is a star trained by the team's youth training system and they have real feelings for him. Selling him for money will not be good for the team's image, and the fans will definitely scold him then.

Levy has set such a high price threshold for Kane. As long as Ronaldo doesn't leave, Real Madrid probably won't be able to come up with so much money at once, so this transfer will definitely not be completed in the short term.

Regardless of whether Kane goes to Real Madrid or not, the overall rise of the Premier League this season is a foregone conclusion.

This can be seen not only from the performance of Premier League teams in the Champions League, but also from the improvement of the league's competitive level! (End of this chapter)